Twenty finishes. Seventeen category wins. One outright Legend crown. More than a team, the Wild Women are a living chapter of Australian adventure-racing history — relentless, respected, and still raising the bar.
Wild&Co has today launched a new Team Rankings system and All-Time Hall of Fame, marking a major step in recognising the teams who keep turning up, year after year, across Australia’s adventure racing calendar.
This first release brings together results from Wild&Co events — including Hells Bells, GeoQuest, Terra Nova 24, Top Dog 24, Legend, Buckley’s 24 and the Explore Series — to begin telling a much bigger story than podiums alone.
Because adventure racing has never just been about winning.
It’s about the teams who show up tired but excited.
The ones who race again after a DNF.
The teams who evolve, change members, try new formats — and still come back.
A celebration of participation — not just performance
The new Wild&Co Team Rankings are intentionally designed to reward consistency, commitment and participation, not just one big result.
While overall winners and category champions are absolutely celebrated, the system is built so that strong mid-pack finishes still matter. Teams don’t need podiums to climb the rankings — they need seasons of showing up.
The rankings are updated twice each year and include:
current-year rankings
all-time rankings
best-results lists
and full-history participation records
Honouring the teams who built the story
Alongside the rankings, Wild&Co has launched an All-Time Hall of Fame — recognising teams who have completed multiple events across many years.
This is where the legacy lives.
The Hall of Fame celebrates teams whose names appear again and again across start lines, results sheets and finish photos — not because they chased glory, but because they kept choosing to race.
Eleven finishes. Six overall wins. Six category wins. Thunderbolt don’t chase moments — they build dynasties and leave podiums in their wake.
Recognising legends — and the everyday heroes
This first release already highlights some extraordinary long-term contributors to the sport, including:
Mountain Designs Wild Women — one of the most accomplished and enduring teams in Australian adventure racing
Thunderbolt — a benchmark team across GeoQuest and beyond
Vortex Divas — consistency, resilience and longevity across multiple major events
Alpine Avengers, The Keen Talkers, 3 Points of Contact, ThoughtSports, Adventure Junkies, BMX Bandits, Rogue Adventure — long-time community stalwarts and legends
The Hornets — always turning up, always in the mix
The Kaiarahi Collective — a powerful example of identity, culture and community within racing
These teams sit alongside hundreds of others who may never win overall — but whose commitment is just as important to the sport’s heartbeat.
A trial release — and a living system
This launch is intentionally labelled as a trial and test run.
Adventure racing history spans decades, formats have changed, and older records are sometimes incomplete. While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy using official results and tracking data, there will be errors — and that’s okay.
This is not a finished product.
It’s a living system that will improve, expand and sharpen over time as more history is processed and more teams engage with it.
If something looks off — a name, a roster, a result — Wild&Co encourages teams to get in touch so it can be reviewed as part of future updates.
Looking forward
Wild&Co has been running events for over 10 years, with races like Hells Bells and GeoQuest carrying nearly 25 years of shared history behind them.
This project is about honouring that past — while building something meaningful for the future.
Not just for the elites.
Not just for the podiums.
But for everyone who lines up, takes the map, and has a go.
Because in adventure racing, participation is the legacy.
